Item category 1: Society & Culture

Should I be upfront with someone I'm interested in that I'm ace or aro? How do I get people to respect my boundaries around intimacy? What if I don't want intimacy at all? It is selfish to pursue a relationship if I don't want romance? These questions are not only a source of deep anxiety and fru...

When Bridget Hustwaite blew out her thirtieth birthday candles, she had no idea of the profound changes that awaited her in this new decade. Instead of ticking off the traditional expectations (buy a house, get married, start a family), Bridget's list of early thirties life moments looked wildly ...

Stacey and Paul Martino are finally releasing their book to share their unique Relationship Development Methodology with the world. The surprising paradigm the Martinos' have uncovered has been The Missing Piece in our knowledge of human relationships. They demonstrate why the old relationship pa...

We all feel it -- the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. We bump into the zombies on their phones in the street, and sometimes they're us. We stare in pity at the four people at the table in the restaurant, all on their phones, and then we feel t...

Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem: she'd never had cancer. Written by the same journalists who uncovered the details of Gibson's lies, this book trac...

True tales of crimes so bizarre you won't believe them. True tales of crimes so bizarre you might not believe them. The mysterious disappearance of thousands of false teeth, international travel via the postal system, doughnut delivery heists, clowns terrorising a neighbourhood, the theft of a th...

Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly accepted assertions about corsetry's contribution to disease, disfigurement, and disorders of the femal...

So many people have felt a shift towards prioritising a more authentic life in recent years, and nowhere exemplifies that life better than the bush. Rural Australians navigate isolation, the weather, and a huge responsibility to the land and their animals, but from these pressures have gleaned po...

A thoroughly researched and deeply personal examination of how women unintentionally condone workplace abuse in a post-#MeToo world—and a guide to changing things for the better. When Reah Bravo began working at the Charlie Rose show, the open secret of Rose’s conduct toward women didn’t deter he...

A close exploration of the vibrant world of cosplay, showing how cosplayers build a strong connection to the characters and stories they treasure, and ultimately how they are constructing their own identities.